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GFS were delighted to present awards to the BPA's 2010 Concept and Innovation winners

BPAGlobal Freight Solutions Ltd (GFS) was the proud sponsor of the BPA’s Concept and Innovation awards now in its sixth year. The Concept Award acknowledges unique designs still in their early visionary phase and the Innovation Award acknowledges unique products developed to a potential production stage.

The four finalists were selected from 63 initial entries and chosen from a group of semi-finalists who made a Dragon’s Den style presentation in August 2010. The Concept and Innovation finalists were invited to exhibit their products or ideas at The Baby Show for Trade held at Olympia in London 10th to12th October 2010.

The finalists were delighted with the positive reception to their inventions from both visitors and fellow exhibitors alike. The judges commented on the high calibre of entries which surpassed previous years.

Concept and Innovation winnersSimon Veale, Director of GFS, presented the awards to the winners at the Baby Show for Trade's industry party.

The BPA Concept Award was presented to Stuart Dark for his Portable Safety Harness. The harness has been designed to be compatible for use with an adult seat belt, a lap belt and an ISOFIX system and can be collapsed and packed down to a small size for easy portability and storage.

The BPA Innovation Award was presented to Richard Knight (Systematic Strategy Ltd) for his 5 Point Plus. The product is fitted to a car restraint harness and eliminates the gap where a child can slip their arms out of the standard harness, whilst still allowing the child to be removed with a single press of the harness release button.

The other Concept Award finalist was David Menezes with FlexiTravel, one simple lightweight solution that provides travelers with a travel cot, activity gym, bath, changing mat and protective tent. The other Innovation Award finalist was Donna Heaton with Monkey Swimmers, colourful armbands made from skin friendly and environmentally friendly reusable foam. As a child’s confidence in the water grows, the buoyancy can be reduced by removing foam layers.

This was the first year of the Baby Show for Trade at Olympia and visitors not only included large buyers of the Baby Product industry but also Myleene Klass and a camera crew filming for the Channel 4 programme “Seven days”.

For more information on the BPA visit www.b-p-a.org

Date added 24th October 2010.

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